@philipaklein@Hertz I'm a gun owner, 48 years now, I have no problem with Hertz, nor do I feel contempt from them. I do feel used by the NRA, and you, who deign to speak for me and other gun owners who believe in reasonable public safety gun regulations.

Osi, long and short of this story - she was friends with Maryam Babangida and she used her influence to get an oil block. She needs to go and enjoy her money and leave these weekly stories. Other people with oil blocks are not dishing out stories of "na God" weekly. https://t.co/cnhPHYxW63

@philipaklein@Hertz The @NRA does not represent gun owners, it represents gun-makers and gun-sellers. It’s a lobbying organization attempting to sell as many guns as possible to as many people as possible. They don’t care about you or the second amendment...only profits, including Russian $$.

They're not showing contempt for gun owners, they're making a business decision not to show favoritism to an organization that CHOOSES TO BRAND ITSELF as a zero-dissent, right-wing temple of apocalyptic, Trump-glorifying cultural warriors.

@philipaklein@Hertz It’s not the members they dislike but seeing Wayne LaPierre at CPAC blaming everyone and everything on the shooting in an obnoxious way. That is what people think when they think of NRA not the members

@philipaklein@guypbenson@Hertz Here’s the question: would you be cool if a company offered Planned Parenthood member discounts? If so, then I have no qualms with you. If not, then why would you boycott a company for getting out of the thicket. They didn’t also offer Everytown donors a discount.

NRA membership only represents a fraction of gun owners in the United States. What you want to say is "contempt for gun manufacturers" who will pay lobbyists to fear monger and block common sense restrictions in order to sell more guns.

@philipaklein@Hertz I'm a gun owner and I detest the NRA. They don't represent the interests of gun owners, they represent gun manufacturers. Huge difference, and i hope more gun owners are waking up to this fact.

A very small fraction of American gun owners are NRA members. Majorities of gun owners disagree with a number of NRA policy positions. If you want to respect gun owners, start by not making broad assumptions about who they are and what they believe.

@philipaklein@Hertz Its not contempt for gun owners. Its contempt for gun mnfs. lobbying group The NRA. Thats is what they are a lobbying group for gun makers. I am a gun owner for over 50 years and would not piss on La Paranoia. He is tired old man with his BS God Guy With A Gun crap.

@philipaklein@Hertz I didn't realize that being a member of the terrorist organization @NRA was a requirement to be a gun owner. I have a .22 rifle and single bolt .410 somewhere in my house and I'm not a member. I am Hertz gold however and will continue to give them my business now.

No one has contempt for gun owners. It’s contempt for an extremist lobbying organization that has gone far beyond a single issue advocacy group or just being a right wing political organization. It doesn’t even represent most gun owners in America

@philipaklein@Hertz Picking who you partner with isn’t a shot against gun owners. If I’m a company and I just don’t want to deal with the hassle of this mess, I shouldn’t be compelled to stay in a business arrangement. I’m a conservative & I’m embarrassed by other conservatives crying about this.

@philipaklein@Hertz What about the LGBT community? Would you support a company that gratuitously parades its contempt for them? I’m asking because I want to send you lunch and a gift and I’m wondering if Chik-Fil-A and Hobby Lobby would be the places to go.

@philipaklein@Hertz The NRA has been exposed as being a shill for gun manufacturers. Their POV is not representative of most of their members. They do not care about that. They care about gun sales, and all gun laws hurt gun sales. Surely your paper has covered this... #Hertz deserves support

@philipaklein@Hertz The @NRA is not and never will be congruent with the community of gun-owners. Maybe it once was, but it's turned into something else - I think sometimes designed only to sell more guns. The sooner the link is broken, the better it will be everyone, including 2A supporters.

"Oh no, you took away my special discount that I got for being associated with a corporate lobbyist organization whom I have devoted a disproportionate amount of my affection to instead of other human beings."

@philipaklein@Hertz The NRA is *not* a group for citizens. It is the lobbying arm of gun manufacturers. It is ONLY in the business of selling as many firearms as possible. “Members” are not their driving force and have not been for years.

@philipaklein@Hertz I am a gun owner who does not feel contempt from Hertz. I do feel like Phil is being overly dramatic because he's upset that nra members now have to pay the same rental rates as the rest of us.

@philipaklein@Hertz It will backfire as more people are joining and they're not even firearm owners. A great campaign for them as I see it.Allegedly, running away because they are 'caught in the mess' is a cowards way out. NRA involvement in the FL is remote. threadreaderapp.com/thread/9668886…

@philipaklein@Hertz More than 90% of gun owners are not NRA members. Companies disassociating themselves from the NRA aren’t showing contempt for gun owners; they’re showing contempt for an org. that represents gun makers, not owners, w/a harsh stance out of touch w/the views of the vast majority.

@philipaklein@Hertz For many years now, NRA has NOT represented the opinions of gun owners and even their own members regarding gun control. There are a number of surveys and papers confirming this as fact. Such as this NEJM article nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…